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The Continuous Process Improvement office's Centralized Library for Knowledge Management will position useful and pertinent information in an organized, manageable, and easily searchable format that will improve and streamline workflows.(Image by sorbetto/Getty Images)

Feb. 11, 2020

Centralized library expands information availability

PHILADELPHIA — Knowledge and information sharing is a key aspect to any successful business. Whether it’s used to

A group photo of the DLA Indo-Pacific support team for Keen Edge and Pacific Sentry 2020.

Feb. 11, 2020

DLA Indo-Pacific regional command supports Keen Edge, Pacific Sentry

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii — Logistics planners from across Defense Logistics Agency entities converged at DLA's Synchronization Operations Center at Camp Smith, Hawaii, to support Keen Edge and Pacific Sentry exercise.

An Industrial Hardware employee holds a sign to applaud the IH supply chain during a trivia-based event Feb. 5, 2020, at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia.

Feb. 7, 2020

Medical, IH teams face off in CIT event

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical and Industrial Hardware supply chain Culture Improvement Teams sponsored a trivia-based event promoting cross-functional integration between employees.

DLA Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence, center, and Industrial Hardware Director Air Force Col. Adrian Crowley, right, listen as SPS Technologies Sales Manager Joseph DiGiacomo explains the manufacturing process that goes into items at the Jenkintown, Pennsylvania facility Feb. 5, 2020.

Feb. 7, 2020

Troop Support Commander visits local Hardware vendor to gain insight, strengthen partnership

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Commander Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence joined Industrial Hardware supply chain leaders on a visit to hardware vendor SPS Technologies to strengthen partnerships and gain better insight into IH’s industrial base.

Army Col. Bob Wichman, the DLA Chaplain, center, poses with the DLA Troop Support Flag Room team during a visit Feb. 5, 2020 at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia.

Feb. 6, 2020

Flag Room team recognized for hard work, dedication

PHILADELPHIA — Defense Logistics Agency Chaplain Army Col. Bob Wichman recognized 15 DLA Troop Support Flag Room employees for the hard work, dedication and talent they bring to making military unit flags and hand embroidering the president and vice-presidential flags.

Robert Singley, right, and Taylor Fontana, members of DLA Troop Support Industrial Hardware “Best Practice” Team, discuss scheduling and topics following their inaugural meeting Jan. 30, 2020, in Philadelphia.

Feb. 5, 2020

Hardware employees share knowledge to improve communication, processes

PHILADELPHIA — Employees at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s Industrial Hardware supply chain established a “best practice team” consisting of handpicked members who are standardizing cross-functional communication and better streamlining operations across IH workflows.

Two civilian retirees at Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support are pictured.

Jan. 31, 2020

New civilian retirees celebrated by DLA Troop Support

Philadelphia — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support said goodbye to two civilian employees during a retirement ceremony January 30 in Philadelphia. Florence Hall, from the Construction and Equipment supply chain, retired after 50 years of federal service. Nick Sistrun from Command Support retired after working for 35 years with the federal government.

Jan. 31, 2020

DLA Troop Support program develops mentors and mentees

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support’s newest one-on-one mentorship program has reached its midpoint this month, just in time to observe National Mentoring Month.

The Synchronization Operations Center poses with Army Brig. Gen. Gavin Lawrence, DLA Troop Support Commander, after reading the Large Team of the Year award Jan. 21, 2020 at DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia. The SOC fuses mission readiness and business operations to better operationalize and integrate the agency’s support to warfighters and federal partners.

Jan. 24, 2020

Troop Support employees recognized during quarterly awards ceremony

PHILADELPHIA — Close to 100 employees were acknowledged for a variety of contributions during the Defense Logistics

Navy Retail Services Specialist 2nd Class Tomas Vasquez prepares a syringe with the influenza vaccine before administering annual Flu Shots at Naval Health Clinic Corpus Christi.

Jan. 23, 2020

Sorry flu, not this year

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain teamed with Department of Defense partners to provide 3.4 million doses of the influenza vaccine to service members, dependents and retirees.